UC Riverside engineers are developing methods to estimate the impact of California’s destructive wildfires on air quality in neighborhoods affected by the smoke from these fires. 

Plastics are a part of nearly every product we use on a daily basis. 

With Army funding, scientists invented a way to make compostable plastics break down within a few weeks with just heat and water. 

The Doppler lidar will provide a highly localized ability to track the dispersion of pollutants or hazardous substances in the urban landscape.

Despite our efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U.S., and most ends up in landfill or the environment.

Water touches virtually every aspect of human society, and all life on earth requires it. Yet, fresh, clean water is becoming increasingly scarce — one in eight people on the planet lack access to clean water. 

The disastrous consequences of climate "tipping points" could be averted if global warming was reversed quickly enough, new research suggests.

Satellites such as the NASA and USGS Landsat 8 can help scientists identify where an algal bloom has formed in lakes or rivers.

In 1836, Philadelphians mostly used whale oil and candles to light their homes and businesses.

Like superheroes capable of seeing through obstacles, environmental regulators may soon wield the power of all-seeing eyes that can identify violators anywhere at any time, according to a new Stanford University-led study.